Already battered by injuries, South Carolina women’s basketball came away from Thursday’s road clash with Vanderbilt with a 95-82 win, but the Gamecocks suffered to make it happen.
With star senior A’ja Wilson and sophomore Mikiah Herbert Harrigan sidelined for the contest with the Commodores, USC (15-3, 4-2 SEC) had just eight healthy available players entering the game. Then, in the third quarter, disaster seemed to strike when redshirt senior Lindsey Spann went to the locker room for treatment on her knee and sophomore Tyasha Harris rolled her ankle badly and limped back to the bench.
In the end, Spann was able to return to the game and Harris never went back to the locker room, but it was still a stark reminder of how periously thin Dawn Staley’s roster can become in an instant.